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Bud Carson
1967-1971 • Georgia Tech
One defining program at Georgia Tech.
Bud Carson's coaching record is 27-27, highlighted by seasons at Georgia Tech from 1967 to 1971.
Bud Carson coached 5 seasons, won 50.0%, and posted an average SRS of 5.4. Best season: 1970 Georgia Tech. The profile was defense-first with a mostly steady profile. One primary stint defined the run.
- Career record
- 27-27
- Career win rate
- 50.0%
- Average SRS
- 5.4
- Peak SRS
- 14.0
Career Dossier
One glance at the full arc.
The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.
- Seasons coached
- 5
- Career span
- 5 years
- Best finish
- #13
- Consistency
- 68.1
Primary school anchor
Georgia Tech
Defense-First profile with 1 program stop and a peak score of 71.3.
Quick Answers
Records fans search first
Headline records use countable season rows after completed-game fallback. Partial seasons and provisional placeholders are called out separately.
- Overall record
- 27-27
- Georgia Tech record
- 27-27
- Full-season record
- 27-27
- Vs AP Top 10
- 0-11
- Vs AP Top 5
- 0-3
- Vs Georgia
- 2-3
- Postseason / bowl record
- 1-1
- CFP record
- 0-0
- National titles
- 0
54 countable games, 50.0% win rate.
5 countable seasons at Georgia Tech.
5 full season rows; partial and backfilled current rows are separated.
11 games using AP ranking at game time.
3 games using AP ranking at game time.
Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate games in this dataset.
2 scored postseason games in this dataset.
0 College Football Playoff-labeled games since 2014.
Matched by coach team-season against the national championship dataset.
Record definition and data status
Career records use countable coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are excluded from aggregates until a completed-game fallback can verify the record.
Completed-game fallback uses scored games joined by coach, team, and season; advanced ratings are left blank when the season summary has not supplied them.
Latest completed coached game in this dataset: Dec 30, 1971. Current and future zero-game placeholders are kept visible but excluded from headline records.
Career Arc
Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.
Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.
Bud Carson
EliteStrongAverageLean
1967Actual season year • SRS range -2.1 to 14.01971
Active comparison point
Bud Carson • 1970
1970 Georgia Tech
Best seasonBiggest improvement9-3 • SRS 14.0 • SP Overall 19.0
Win %
75.0%
YoY SRS
+10.0
SP Off / Def
28.6 / 10.8
Finish
#13
Comparison context
Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.
Ranked opponent record
Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.
Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.
Top 10
0-11
- Games
- 11
- Win rate
- 0.0%
Top 5
0-3
- Games
- 3
- Win rate
- 0.0%
View ranked game results18
| 1971 Regular Week 12 | Georgia Tech | Georgia | #7 | L24-28 |
| 1971 Regular Week 6 | Georgia Tech | Auburn | #5 | L14-31 |
| 1971 Regular Week 5 | Georgia Tech | Tennessee | #13 | L6-10 |
| 1971 Regular Week 2 | Georgia Tech | Michigan State | #18 | W10-0 |
| 1971 Postseason Week 1 | Georgia Tech | Ole Miss | #15 | L18-41 |
| 1970 Regular Week 12 | Georgia Tech | Notre Dame | #4 | L7-10 |
| 1970 Regular Week 8 | Georgia Tech | Auburn | #12 | L7-31 |
| 1970 Regular Week 7 | Georgia Tech | Tennessee | #11 | L6-17 |
| 1969 Regular Week 10 | Georgia Tech | Notre Dame | #8 | L20-38 |
| 1969 Regular Week 7 | Georgia Tech | USC | #6 | L18-29 |
| 1969 Regular Week 6 | Georgia Tech | Auburn | #14 | L14-17 |
| 1969 Regular Week 5 | Georgia Tech | Tennessee | #7 | L8-26 |
| 1968 Regular Week 12 | Georgia Tech | Georgia | #4 | L8-47 |
| 1968 Regular Week 10 | Georgia Tech | Notre Dame | #9 | L6-34 |
| 1968 Regular Week 5 | Georgia Tech | Tennessee | #10 | L7-24 |
| 1968 Regular Week 3 | Georgia Tech | Miami | #15 | L7-10 |
| 1967 Regular Week 11 | Georgia Tech | Notre Dame | #6 | L3-36 |
| 1967 Regular Week 6 | Georgia Tech | Tennessee | #7 | L13-24 |
Tenure map
Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.
Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint
Georgia Tech
1967-1971 • 5 seasons
Avg SRS 5.4 • Win % 50.0%
- Longest tenure
- Georgia Tech • 5 seasons
- Best tenure
- Georgia Tech • 5.4 SRS
- Best tenure win rate
- Georgia Tech • 50.0%
Style and Strength Profile
Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.
These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.
Overall Strength
Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.
Bud Carson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Overall Strength
Decisive edgeBud Carson sets the reference point in overall strength.
Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.
Bud Carson
Elite
- Raw avg SP Overall
- 14.7
- Percentile
- 94th pct
Elite
Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.
Impact by school
See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.
Georgia Tech
1967-1971 • 27-27
Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).
Avg SRS 5.4Win % 50.0%
Avg wins
Higher is better
5.4 during vs 7.4 baseline
-2.0
Avg SRS
Higher is better
5.4 during vs 15.9 baseline
-10.5
Avg SP Overall
Higher is better
14.7 during vs — baseline
—
Ranked finish rate
Higher is better
20.0% during vs 20.0% baseline
+0.0%
Career highs and lows
High Points
Best Season
Georgia Tech 1970
9-3 • SRS 14.0
Biggest Improvement
Georgia Tech 1970
9-3 • 10.0 SRS
Best Offensive Season
Georgia Tech 1970
9-3 • SP Off 28.6
Best Defensive Season
Georgia Tech 1970
9-3 • SP Def 10.8
Setbacks
Lowest SRS Season
Georgia Tech 1968
4-6 • SRS -2.1
Biggest Drop
Georgia Tech 1971
6-6 • -5.3 SRS
Season-by-season results
Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.
| Georgia Tech | 1971 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.0% | #17 | — | 8.7 | 10.3 | 25.2 | 15.6 | -5.3 | -25.0% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1970 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 75.0% | — | #13 | 14.0 | 19.0 | 28.6 | 10.8 | +10.0 | +35.0% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1969 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 4.0 | — | — | — | +6.1 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1968 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | -2.1 | — | — | — | -4.4 | 0.0% | Season summary |
| Georgia Tech | 1967 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40.0% | — | — | 2.3 | — | — | — | — | — | Season summary |
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Popular comparisons are fan-facing matchups. Statistical comps are matched by style, strength band, volatility band, peak range, and career length.
Statistical comps
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Avg SRS 5.1 • Peak SRS 11.3 • 7 seasons
Best finish Unranked • Volatility 3.9
Open profile →Andy Avalos
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